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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
This was stunning. I think I read it at the most perfect time in my life. Lots of the poems felt like stories and were extremely powerful. There were a few that had me confused or skimmed but the poetry was overall cohesive and well put together. I did relate to a few of the poems and it felt good to read how I'm feeling at this point in time. My favorites were, I'm Angry At My Father, A Story Like Mine and Watermelon 1 and 2
Beautiful cover but such dull poems. As a fan of Halsey as a singer-songwriter, my expectations were high but not met.
من چیز زیادی از شعر فارسی نمی‌دونم، اما درمورد شعر انگلیسی خیلی خیلی خیلی کم تر می‌دونم. نمی‌تونم در این مورد نظر بدم که چیزایی که تو این کتاب خوندم واقعا شعر محسوب می‌شدن یا نه، اما بعضیاشون قشنگ بودن.
اکثر تشبیه‌هایی که استفاده شده بود خیلی... خیلی سیاه و حتی بعضا چندش‌آور بودن برام.
I hope you'll stay
I hope you'll stay
But I would leave me too, if I could.
The average baby weighs 8 pounds.
I weighed 5.
The average baby is 20 inches long.
I was 14.
And it was on my first day on Earth
That I realized I didn't measure up,
and I never would.
I'll cut my hair and dye it red,
and hope you get it through yor head
that I'm in love
and it's bleeding through my skull
اکثر تشبیه‌هایی که استفاده شده بود خیلی... خیلی سیاه و حتی بعضا چندش‌آور بودن برام.
I hope you'll stay
I hope you'll stay
But I would leave me too, if I could.
The average baby weighs 8 pounds.
I weighed 5.
The average baby is 20 inches long.
I was 14.
And it was on my first day on Earth
That I realized I didn't measure up,
and I never would.
I'll cut my hair and dye it red,
and hope you get it through yor head
that I'm in love
and it's bleeding through my skull
Conflicting opinions.
Most pieces sound like song lyrics which is ironic. I could literally rap them, and I did in my head. Which makes it something to giggle about instead of to enjoy as a poetic piece.
Some were quite thought provoking and actually stuck with me. I will maybe share some of those in a later updated review.
Over-all, Halsey did better that I subconsciously predicted.
Most pieces sound like song lyrics which is ironic. I could literally rap them, and I did in my head. Which makes it something to giggle about instead of to enjoy as a poetic piece.
Some were quite thought provoking and actually stuck with me. I will maybe share some of those in a later updated review.
Over-all, Halsey did better that I subconsciously predicted.
“I have given so much to the page,
please tell me I am not worthless.”
please tell me I am not worthless.”
emotional
inspiring
reflective
reflective
I'm not a poetry person at all but I love Halsey's music so I wanted to give this a shot. I did really enjoy some of the poems and am considering purchasing this so I can read it again and take notes and absorb some of them a little better.
Honestly it wasn't a terrible poetry book, although some poems were kind of a miss for me, I still did enjoy this book.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This book was written in a very personal manner, clearly portraying real life experiences and relationships that Halsey have had. There's a lot of focus on toxic relationships. She also focuses on memories from her childhood, and brings in themes like body image and depression. This book is mostly sad, but have a few hopeful elements in it sometimes. I like it when she is angry at people who mistreated her. The storytelling is good, such as in the poem "fun girl", where you get a very clear picture of what her life used to look like.
The reason why I haven't rated it 5/5 is because I didn't relate to a lot of it, some parts where kind of scattered and I couldn't keep up with it (imo), some things were very specific to her own life history, and also there were parts filled with too many writing clichés 😅 At times the poetry really did feel like 2014 tumblr, but it was still good.
The reason why I haven't rated it 5/5 is because I didn't relate to a lot of it, some parts where kind of scattered and I couldn't keep up with it (imo), some things were very specific to her own life history, and also there were parts filled with too many writing clichés 😅 At times the poetry really did feel like 2014 tumblr, but it was still good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
I’ll preface this by saying I prefer my poems to rhyme and follow a rhythm. However, I’m fine throwing that “rule” out the window if the writer does the alternative well. Halsey does not. Her reading at the first Women’s March in 2017 was so moving and well-written that I was bursting at the seams to read this. Unfortunately, that was a one-off. Whatever musical prowess she has does not translate to the page. I enjoyed a handful of poems, but nothing more.